EP3162251A1 - Kopfstützenvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP3162251A1
EP3162251A1 EP15812590.6A EP15812590A EP3162251A1 EP 3162251 A1 EP3162251 A1 EP 3162251A1 EP 15812590 A EP15812590 A EP 15812590A EP 3162251 A1 EP3162251 A1 EP 3162251A1
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accommodation space
head rest
secondary battery
rest device
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Naoki Takada
Fumiaki Nakashima
Takao Ishikawa
Takahiko Nagasawa
Yasuyuki Ito
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Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co Ltd
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Tachi S Co Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/62—Accessories for chairs
    • A47C7/72—Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/36—Support for the head or the back
    • A47C7/38—Support for the head or the back for the head
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/62—Accessories for chairs
    • A47C7/72—Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like
    • A47C7/727—Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like with speakers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/80—Head-rests
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/80—Head-rests
    • B60N2/806—Head-rests movable or adjustable
    • B60N2/809—Head-rests movable or adjustable vertically slidable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/80—Head-rests
    • B60N2/879—Head-rests with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R11/02—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D11/00—Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
    • B64D11/0015—Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/80—Head-rests
    • B60N2002/899—Head-rests characterised by structural or mechanical details not otherwise provided for

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  • the present invention relates to a head rest device.
  • Patent Literature 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-247388
  • a control circuit board is needed to be provided inside the head rest device. Therefore, also a secondary battery for supplying power to operate the control circuit board is needed to be placed inside the head rest device.
  • an organic solvent is used for the secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery and it has recently been found that an electrolyte solution with the organic solvent is evaporated when a short circuit or the like occurs inside, which causes generation of gas. Further, it has also been confirmed that in the case of the short circuit, rapid overheat can cause firing when the concentration of the gas increases, and in some cases, it can cause rupture of the secondary battery or the like.
  • the generation of the gas, the firing, the rupture or the like is to occur near the head of a seated person, which can problematically cause safety to be impaired.
  • the present invention is devised in view of the aforementioned circumstances and an object thereof is to provide a head rest device that does not impair safety of a seated person even when a secondary battery is accommodated therein.
  • the present invention is characterized in that an accommodation space partitioned by a partitioning plate is provided inside a core material of a head rest main body, and a secondary battery is accommodated inside the accommodation space.
  • the accommodation space may be placed at a lower part of the core material.
  • the accommodation space may take a configuration having a guiding port opening toward a lower side of the core material.
  • the accommodation space may take a configuration including a groove for causing a wall face of the accommodation space to break when an internal pressure increases.
  • a configuration may be taken in which a protective cushioning material is provided on a surface of the core material and on a front side of the accommodation space. Moreover, a configuration may be taken in which a thickness of the core material on a front side of the accommodation space is made large. Furthermore, a configuration may be taken in which a protective plate is provided on a front side of the accommodation space.
  • safety can be prevented from being impaired even when a secondary battery is accommodated in a head rest device.
  • Figure 1 and Figure 2 show a first embodiment of a head rest device according to the present invention.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a head rest device 10 and
  • Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the head rest device 10.
  • the head rest device 10 is provided on an occupant seat disposed in a vehicle room.
  • vehicle room for example, vehicle rooms of an automobile, a train, an airplane, a ship and the like can be cited.
  • the head rest device 10 that is provided on a front seat of an automobile, a seat where a driver is seated, is exemplarily described.
  • the head rest device 10 is attached to an upper part of a backrest part of a seat where a driver is seated (not shown).
  • the head rest device 10 includes a metal frame 11 as a framework of the head rest device 10, a cushioning core material 12 as a core material of a head rest main body joined to the frame 11, and a cushion 13 which is provided to cover the periphery of the cushioning core material 12 and receives the head of the seated person.
  • the frame 11 includes a pair of pipe-shaped main frames 15 and 15 which line up in the right-left direction and extend in the vertical direction, an upper cross member 16 joining upper end parts of the main frames 15 and 15 together, a lower cross member 17 joining the main frames 15 and 15 together below the upper cross member 16, and attachment stays 18 inserted from an upper face of the backrest part of the seat and fixing the main frames 15.
  • the head rest device 10 is configured such that the position in height of attachment can be changed according to the physical constitution of the seated person or the like by adjusting the depth in insertion of the attachment stays 18.
  • the cushioning core material 12 includes a substantially box-shaped front-side casing 20 opening rearward and a substantially box-shaped rear-side casing 21 opening frontward, and is formed into a sealed box shape by bonding the front-side casing 20 and the rear-side casing 21 together at their opening portions.
  • the front-side casing 20 and the rear-side casing 21 are formed, for example, of a resin material such as ABS resin and polypropylene resin.
  • a plurality of fixing parts (partly shown only for the rear-side casing 21) 22 are provided in each of the front-side casing 20 and the rear-side casing 21.
  • a plurality of fixing hole parts 24 are provided in the upper cross member 16 and the lower cross member 17.
  • the front-side casing 20 and the rear-side casing 21 are configured to be fixed to the frame 11 by longitudinally sandwiching the frame 11 to bond the contact faces of their openings together, and fastening bolts 23 from the fixing parts of the front-side casing 20 and the fixing parts 22 of the rear-side casing 21 to the fixing hole parts 24 of the upper cross member 16 and the lower cross member 17.
  • a partitioning plate part 25 substantially horizontally extending toward the rear-side casing 21 side is provided inside a lower part of the front-side casing 20, and an engaging part 26 which a rear end of the partitioning plate part 25 engages is provided in the rear-side casing 21.
  • the space inside the cushioning core material 12 is partitioned by the partitioning plate part 25 as a partitioning plate into an enclosure space 27 in its upper part and an accommodation space 28 positioned below the enclosure space 27.
  • the partitioning plate part 25 is configured as a part of the front-side casing 20, it may be configured separately from the front-side casing 20.
  • a pair of right and left acoustic speakers 30 and 30 which are digital speakers and a subwoofer 31 positioned between and below these acoustic speakers 30 and 30 are respectively provided.
  • the enclosure space 27 of the cushioning core material 12 functioning as an enclosure of the loudspeakers, the acoustic speakers 30 and the subwoofer 31 are configured so as to be able to output, for example, voice guidance of a car navigation system, speech voice of a mobile phone or a smart phone, voice of a car audio, or the like in excellent sound quality.
  • an acoustic microphone 32 is provided between the acoustic speakers 30.
  • the acoustic microphone 32 is one used, for example, for voice instruction of a car navigation system, hands-free call of a mobile phone or a smart phone, or the like.
  • a control circuit board (not shown) in which a voice signal processing circuit which converts and processes a voice signal sent from the outside into a digital speaker voice signal to operate the acoustic speakers 30 and the subwoofer 31, a control circuit for controlling the acoustic microphone 32, and the like are implemented is provided. Moreover, a secondary battery 35 for supplying power to the control circuit board is accommodated inside the accommodation space 28.
  • a guiding port 36 is formed on a bottom face of the accommodation space 28.
  • the guiding port 36 is for discharging gas generated from the rechargeable secondary battery 35 to the outside.
  • gas is sometimes ejected from the secondary battery 35 caused by internal short circuit in the secondary battery 35 or the like.
  • the head rest device 10 is configured such that gas is caused not to stay inside the accommodation space 28 by providing the guiding port 36 to the accommodation space 28, and thereby, is configured such that firing caused by an increase of gas density or the like can be prevented from occurring before happening.
  • the guiding port 36 has a function of allowing the influence to escape to the seat side, the influence being of the case where the secondary battery 35 ruptures due to gas generated from the secondary battery 35.
  • the cushion 13 includes a front face cushioning part 40 covering the front face of the cushioning core material 12 and a rear part-side cushioning part 41 covering the remaining face of the cushioning core material 12.
  • the front face cushioning part 40 and the rear part-side cushioning part 41 are formed into a bag shape by being joined together at their edge parts, and are attached onto the cushioning core material 12 to cover it.
  • the front face cushioning part 40 is a three-dimensional net-shaped cushioning body configured into a three-dimensional net shape by knitting a fiber body, and is a so-called fiber pad.
  • the fiber body for example, a fiber body of polypropylene, and a mixed fiber body of polypropylene and polyethylene terephthalate can be cited.
  • the front face cushioning part 40 has high cushioning ability, and has high sound passing ability and air permeability resulting from its three-dimensional net-shaped structure.
  • the rear part-side cushioning part 41 is constituted of two layers of an attenuating layer constituted of a material that attenuates sound in high efficiency and a sound shielding layer constituted of a material that has high sound shielding ability.
  • the attenuating layer is constituted of resin that has high sound absorbing performance and high cushioning ability, such, for example, as urethane.
  • the sound shielding layer is constituted of a soft resin material that can be sewed and has high sound attenuating ability and sound shielding ability, such, for example, as an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer.
  • the rear part-side cushioning part 41 has cushioning ability as a head rest and is constituted of a material that can efficiently attenuate and shield sound.
  • the acoustic speakers 30 and the subwoofer 31 are provided in the head rest device 10, for example, voice guidance of a car navigation system, speech voice of a mobile phone or a smart phone, voice of a car audio, or the like can be outputted from the acoustic speakers 30 and the subwoofer 31 in excellent sound quality.
  • voice guidance of a car navigation system speech voice of a mobile phone or a smart phone, voice of a car audio, or the like can be outputted from the acoustic speakers 30 and the subwoofer 31 in excellent sound quality.
  • voice guidance of a car navigation system speech voice of a mobile phone or a smart phone, voice of a car audio, or the like
  • voice of a car audio, or the like can be outputted from the acoustic speakers 30 and the subwoofer 31 in excellent sound quality.
  • voice instruction of a car navigation system hands-free call of a mobile phone or a smart phone, or the like can be properly performed.
  • the gas when gas is generated from the inside of the secondary battery 35 due to short circuit of the secondary battery 35 or the like, the gas can be allowed to escape through the guiding port 36 below the cushioning core material 12, which can prevent the gas from staying inside the accommodation space 28. Moreover, even when the secondary battery 35 ruptures due to the gas generated from the secondary battery 35, the guiding port 36 can allow the influence to escape to the seat side.
  • the accommodation space 28 partitioned by the partitioning plate part 25 is provided inside the cushioning core material 12, and the secondary battery 35 is accommodated inside the accommodation space 28. Hence, even when the secondary battery 35 is accommodated in the head rest device 10, safety can be prevented from being impaired.
  • the guiding port 36 is provided, when gas is generated from the secondary battery 35, the gas can be quickly allowed to escape outside the cushioning core material 12. As a result, the concentration of the gas can be securely prevented from increasing inside the accommodation space 28, and firing of the secondary battery 35 or the like in the accommodation space 28 can be securely prevented. Moreover, since the accommodation space 28 is disposed at a lower part of the cushioning core material 12, gas generated from the secondary battery 35 can be guided toward the seat, which can reduce the influence of the gas on the seated person as much as possible. Moreover, since even when the secondary battery 35 ruptures, the influence due to the rupture of the secondary battery 35 can be allowed to escape to the seat side through the guiding port 36, which can securely protect the seated person.
  • the guiding port 36 may be formed at a rear part of the cushioning core material 12.
  • Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the head rest device 10 showing the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • grooves 37 and 37 are formed at two places of the front-side casing 20 which are on the bottom face of the accommodation space 28.
  • the grooves 37 are formed by cutting away the bottom face of the front-side casing 20 from the inside of the accommodation space 28, and the grooves 37 are configured to deliberately weaken the strength of the bottom face of the accommodation space 28.
  • the accommodation space 28 is completely partitioned by the partitioning plate part 25 from the enclosure space 27, hence when inside it, gas is generated from the secondary battery 35 due to short circuit of the secondary battery 35 or the like and the internal pressure of the gas in the accommodation space 28 increases, since the grooves 37 weaken the strength of the bottom face of the accommodation space 28, the bottom face of the accommodation space 28 breaks from the portions of the grooves 37, and thereby, the accommodation space 28 is released to the outside to prevent firing caused by an increase of gas density or the like from occurring before happening.
  • the grooves 37 are provided on the bottom face of the accommodation space 28 and when gas is generated from the secondary battery 35 to increase the internal pressure of the accommodation space 28, the grooves 37 cause the bottom face of the accommodation space 28 to break and allow the gas to escape to the outside of the cushioning core material 12, the concentration of the gas can be securely prevented from increasing inside the accommodation space 28, which can securely prevent firing of the secondary battery 35 or the like in the accommodation space 28. Moreover, since even when the secondary battery 35 ruptures, the bottom face of the accommodation space 28 can be caused to break from the portions of the grooves 37 and the influence due to the rupture of the secondary battery 35 can be allowed to escape to the seat side, the seated person can be securely protected.
  • Figure 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the head rest device 10 showing the third embodiment of the present invention.
  • a protective plate 38 is provided at a front part of the accommodation space 28 (on the seated person side thereof).
  • a protective cushioning material 42 such, for example, as urethane is disposed in the front face cushioning part 40 and on the front part of the accommodation space 28.
  • the front face cushioning part 40 is a three-dimensional net-shaped cushioning body configured into a three-dimensional net shape by knitting a fiber body as mentioned above, and this is configured such that protection in front of a lower part of the cushioning core material 12 is enhanced by disposing the protective cushioning material 42 that has relatively high cushioning ability on a front part of the accommodation space 28.
  • the protective plate 38 in the case where gas is generated from the secondary battery 35 due to short circuit of the secondary battery 35 or the like, when an increase of the concentration of the gas causes firing or rupture of the secondary battery 35, the protective plate 38 can check the influence thereof, and furthermore, even if the protective plate 38 breaks, to provide the protective cushioning material 42 enables the protective cushioning material 42 to receive the influence of the firing or the rupture of the secondary battery 35 or the like.
  • the protective plate 38 is provided at the front part of the accommodation space 28 and the protective cushioning material 42 is provided thereon, when an increase of the concentration of gas causes firing or rupture of the secondary battery 35, the protective plate 38 can check the influence thereof, and furthermore, the protective cushioning material 42 can receive the influence of the firing or the rupture of the secondary battery 35 or the like, which can, as a result, securely protect the seated person.
  • any one of them may be solely provided.
  • the thickness of the protective cushioning material 42 itself may be made larger, or the thickness of the cushioning core material 12 may also be made larger.
  • Figure 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the head rest device 10 showing the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the accommodation space 28 is configured to be completely sealed.
  • the front-side casing 20, the rear-side casing 21 and the partitioning plate part 25 which constitute the accommodation space 28 are formed of a flameproof material and the like, for example, containing a self-extinguishing agent.
  • the influence is checked inside the accommodation space 28.
  • the accommodation space 28 being a sealed space limits the amount of oxygen therein, the fire can be extinguished at an early stage.
  • the fire can be securely prevented from spreading to other places.
  • the influence thereof can be checked inside the accommodation space 28.
  • the accommodation space 28 is a completely sealed space, in the case of firing of the secondary battery 35 or rupture of the secondary battery 35, the influence can be checked inside the accommodation space 28, which can, as a result, securely protect the seated person.
  • the aforementioned embodiments present an aspect of application of the present invention and the present invention is not limited to the aforementioned embodiments.
  • one in the first embodiment and one in the third embodiment may be combined.
  • to provide the guiding port 36 can allow gas to escape to the outside, and the protective plate 38 and the protective cushioning material 42 can protect the seated person side.
  • one in the second embodiment and one in the third embodiment may be combined. In such a configuration, when gas causes the inside of the accommodation space 28 to become at a high pressure, the grooves 37 can allow the bottom face of the accommodation space 28 to break for its escape to the outside, and the protective plate 38 and the protective cushioning material 42 can protect the seated person side.

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  • Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)
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